[nicmarlo]

no...this police officer didn't even say a word to Shep...he just was walking away....as Shep kept walking after him...no swear words or words of frustration made by Shep to the police officer...you may have seen another tape with another officer....maybe Shep, by that time, was getting p.o.'d....

He said that citizens were telling him that their questions were also being ignored by the police....or, that the police didn't know where to tell them to go....or they kept being given wrong places to go, cause nobody really knew where they should go.

[zlala]

He said that citizens were telling him that their questions were also being ignored by the police....or, that the police didn't know where to tell them to go....or they kept being given wrong places to go, cause nobody really knew where they should go

Where do you tell someone to go, when every where is under water? My question is: What the heck happened to the Mayor of NO? Why hasn't he clearly communicated w/the police chief what officers are 'spose to tell citizens? It starts much further up the chain, than the local police. IMO.

[Steve_Seattle]

"He said that citizens were telling him that their questions were also being ignored by the police....or, that the police didn't know where to tell them to go....or they kept being given wrong places to go, cause nobody really knew where they should go."

The other night, there was footage of what I think were two NO cops, one man, one woman, both seriously overweight, grappling with a looter, ripping off his sweatshirt, and then laughing as he ran off. They didn't seem very professional or very competent. But I could be wrong - maybe they were just security guards hired by a store. At any rate, the attitude of these other cops shows a definite lack of leadership at the local level, and that is NOT the fault of Bush or FEMA.